"Netflix Cheating" Is Real and It's Probably Happened (or Happening) to You

This week, Netflix released a study centered around Netflix Cheating, or, watching ahead on a show alone that you've tacitly agreed to watch with a partner. Are you a Netflix Cheater? Have you been Netflix Cheated on? It seems almost certain.

The data shows that 48 percent of people admitted to Netflix Cheating. As with any poll around a shameful, vile deed, expect the actual numbers to be a little higher. Even more disturbing? 54 percent of the people who Netflix Cheat are MARRIED.

Cards on the table: When I was in college and in a long distance relationship, my partner and I would watch Downton Abbey together by playing it and Skyping at the same time, which is gross. Even grosser, I would frequently watch ahead then RE-watch with my partner, reacting as if I were watching for the first time. I'm not proud of it, guys.

These days, the ultimate Cheat show is Orange Is the New Black, which is pretty much begging to be watched illicitly since it comes out all at once, and who has the time to watch thirteen HOURS of television in one weekend? I mean, I do, but a lot of people are less lazy than me.

Behind OITNB, the most popular cheater shows include The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, and, of course, Stranger Things.

Though it's a wretched and hateful practice, which we all do, Netflix is leaning in to its reputation as a relationship pressure point, going so far as to release a PSA detailing just HOW to effectively Netflix Cheat on your partner, and even a Michael Bolton-starring video explaining how to effectively say sorry once you get caught. Try it at your own risk.